Winter 2011, Vol. 4, Issue 2 - Aga Khan University

2000
Ayesha Rashid is Assistant
Professor, Department of
Medicine, University of Minnesota
and practices at Hennepin County
Medical Center, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
This year Aayesha Mumtaz
Khan was selected as Top
Otolaryngologist in Alton, Illinois
by the International Association of
Healthcare Professionals.
2001
Feroze Abid Hussain is working
as an internist in Houston and sends
greetings to his batchmates.
Nadia K Ali completed her Master
of Public Health from Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health in May this year.
2002
Sharjeel Ahmad is currently
based in Broad Brook, Connecticut
where he is working as Staff
Physician, Infectious Diseases and
Associate Director, Adult Medicine
Department at Community
Health Services, Inc in Hartford,
Connecticut, USA. He is board
certified in Internal Medicine,
Infectious Diseases and as an HIV
specialist by American Academy
of HIV Medicine.
2005
Asaad Ahmed Nafees who did
his internship and residency
from AKU successfully cleared
FCPS II in Community Medicine
in first attempt in April this year. He
is Research Fellow, Department of
Community Health Sciences, AKU,
Karachi and was promoted as Senior
Instructor in September.
Muhammad Awais is currently
doing a J1-Waiver in Macon,
Georgia as a hospitalist. He got
married in 2007 and has a child
named Shaafay.
2010
Muhammad Raheel Nawaz
Jajja joined the Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center at the
University of North Carolina as a
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
His current research focuses on
testing novel therapeutic agents
in patient derived pancreatic and
colorectal tumour grafts with the
eventual aim to translate the findings
to benefit cancer patients.
Salila Shoaib Hashmi is working as
a postdoctoral research fellow since
March at Emory Transplant Center,
Atlanta, Georgia. Her research
focuses on organ transplantation
aiming to develop therapies that
can prolong the survival of all
transplantation recipients.
Institute for
Educational
Development, Pakistan
2005
Karim Mohammad Khan, MEd,
is working at FG Boys High School,
Pakora, Ishkoman. He also serves
as part-time President, Local
Council, Chatorkhand.
Naila Izhar, CEL Adv Dip,
is currently Regional Education
Manager, South, The Citizens
Foundation.
2006
Sher Azim, MEd, joined
Professional Development Centre,
Chitral as an instructor in May.
2011
Asadullah Mangi, MEd, is
Lecturer and Head, Department of
Sociology at Government Islamia
Arts and Commerce College and
Postgraduate Studies Centre
Sukkur, Pakistan.
School of Nursing,
East Africa
2003
Diana Makuba Kassaman, Post
RN BScN received a scholarship
from the International Prevention
and Research Institute, France to
attend the 2nd Global Health and
Epidemiology Workshop held at the
University of Dundee, Scotland.
2004
Beatrice Nkirote Nkoroi, Post
RN BScN, is a clinical instructor
at School of Nursing, Aga Khan
University in Nairobi and is enrolled
in a MSc in Infection Control
programme in Nursing at Kenyatta
University, Nairobi.
Rachel Kiringa Matingi, RN Dip,
Post RN BScN 2009, is the District
Public Health Nurse, Ministry of
Public Health and Sanitation in
Mwala District, Kenya.
2007
Happy Hosiana Masenga, Post RN
BScN, ensures that the quality of
nursing education is in accordance
to set standards in her capacity
as a coordinator of training and
research at the Tanzania Nurses and
Midwifery Council.
Khadija Abbas Mohamed, Post
RN BScN, is Head, Nursing
Department at the College of Health
Sciences, Zanzibar and will soon be
enrolling for a Master’s degree in
Public Health in the Netherlands.
Valleria Prosper Mushi, RN Dip,
Post RN BScN 2011, has worked as
Head Nurse at the Mabibo Hostel
Dispensary, University of Dar es
Salaam, Secretary of the Tanzania
Nursing and Midwifery Research
Committee for establishment of
Tanzania Nursing and Midwifery
Research Unit under the MoHSW,
Secretary for the Research Faculty
- ECSACON Tanzania Chapter and
advisory member of the TANNA
initiatives on a voluntary basis.
She is currently the Secretary for
Tanzania AKU Alumni Chapter.
2009
Doris Kanja Shisia, Post RN
BScN, is in-charge of infection
prevention and control at
the Kenyatta National Hospital
in Nairobi.
Daniel Kiprono Boinett, Post RN
BScN, who works with the Armed
Forces Memorial Hospital, Nairobi
is currently pursuing a one year
course in Emergency Nursing at the
Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Janet Mukoshi Shibonje, Post RN
BScN, is pursuing a MSc in Health
Systems Management at the Kenya
Methodist University. She is also
the Programme Officer of Health,
supporting maternal and child
health and malaria prevention
at World Vision.
2010
George Nyadimo Agot, Post RN
BScN, is participating in writing
Distance Learning Education
content on Comprehensive
Reproductive Health for the
African Medical and Research
Foundation. He wishes alumni
the best of luck in their endeavours.
Institute for
Educational
Development,
East Africa
2009
Charles Maina Muigai, MEd,
Professional Development Teacher,
St. Charles Lwanga Secondary
School, won the 2011 Teacher
of the Year award for Mombasa
County, Changamwe District,
Kenya. The award was evaluated
and appraised according to a
set criteria developed by the
Kenya Secondary Schools Heads
Association and moderated by the
Ministry of Education’s Quality and
Standards Office. Muigai first won
the contest at school level, then the
district level and finally the county
level; he represented the county
at the regional level as well and
was runner up. During the contest
he scored highly in professional
development, high academic
achievements of his students, varied
teaching approaches, leadership
skills and involvement with
extra-curricular activities.
2010
Anna Eliewaha Mshana, MEd,
after finishing her degree went
back to the Office of Inspectorate
of Schools, in Dar es Salaam
from where she recently retired.
She is currently a consultant as a
Professional Development Teacher
at AKU-IED, EA and a facilitator
for the Educational Leadership and
Management course for Certificate
in Education.
Florence Mary Omboko, MEd,
is working towards her PhD, and
is teaching three units at St. Pauls
University, Limuru, Kenya and
English Literature at her school in
Mirithu, Limuru.
2011
Patrick Kogolla, MEd, has worked
for the Centre for Mathematics,
Science and Technology
Education in Africa, where he was
appointed as the Coordinator of
Academic Programmes.
Rebecca Philemon Mmbaga,
MEd, was appointed Headmistress,
Mukulat Secondary School.
In Memoriam
Irfana Sultan Ali, RN Dip
’97 left us on August 17,
2011. She was involved in a
fatal accident while traveling
with her husband and kids.
Classmates will remember her
as a simple, quiet and shy girl
who always wore a refreshing
smile. Calmness personified,
she was appreciated by
patients and colleagues
alike. Irfana leaves behind
her children, eight-year-old
Hamayal and six-year-old
Shariq and her husband. She
will be greatly missed.
Nurse Tutor Domin Wilson
Lema, BScN ’07 who was
working at the Massana
Hospital and College of
Nursing passed away on
September 25, 2011. She
leaves behind a daughter who
studies in class one.
Aga Khan University alumni
community lost a dear friend,
Dr Ali Khan Khwaja in a
tragic accident on October
31, 2011. A 2001 residency
alumnus of the Medical
College’s Community
Medicine Programme, he
joined Aga Khan University
as faculty immediately after
his graduation and served
as a joint appointment in
the departments of Family
Medicine and Community
Health Sciences. In 2011, he
was appointed as full-time
Family Medicine faculty.
In addition to being a
committed researcher, he
demonstrated great teamwork
and leadership qualities
through his support of peers,
faculty and residents in clinical
research. He leaves behind a
wife and two young children.
Back cover photo: Medical College students, Pakistan / Gary Otte
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